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Posts by Secespitus‭

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Q&A Ending a line of dialogue with "?!": Allowed or obnoxious?

It's acceptable, but should be reserved for rare occasions where it's absolutely necessary to keep the flow of the scene going. Overuse of this type of punctutation would indeed make your writing l...

posted 5y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  edited 5y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A The excessive use of 'and'

If you read closely you can very often identify certain words and phrases that authors prefer to use. Those will be used far more often than in writing from other people that you read. Sometimes it...

posted 5y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A What should tie a collection of short-stories together?

The most common and easy way to identify which stories belong together is the genre as you have already identified. Therefore I won't say anything more on that topic. The next common way is to ha...

posted 5y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A APA In text citations, with the same first author and one other author with the same surname

Both versions are correct and as long as you keep it as short as necessary to distinguish both authors it's fine. For example take a look at some similar examples from "What’s in a Name? Authors Wi...

posted 5y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A Writing slurred speech

To show that somebody is drunk you should add descriptions about what the person is doing and how the environment, especially other people are reacting to it. Staggering through the bar and nearly ...

posted 5y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  edited 5y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A Is this kind of description not recommended?

This reads completely normal to me and I don't really see anything wrong with it. If "tall" is what identifies the person in this scene it would be normal to use that if the narrator doesn't know...

posted 5y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I introduce the names of fantasy creatures to the reader?

The easiest way is to have someone say the name while looking at the animal and having a frame in your comic where the animal is the center. If you have an animal that plays the role that cats play...

posted 5y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Telephone Conversations

Be sure to keep the time that the other characters keeps listening short or use the time for your character to think or analyze other things in the environment. In reality sometimes phone calls can...

posted 4y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A Punctuation assistance with complicated list of titles during a formal greeting

Using a colon in your writing is a difficult choice when it comes to fictional writing. For academic writing it's quite easy to remember. A colon is used before a list and that's about it. You coul...

posted 5y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A What are the top most important key elements for a computer game story?

When thinking about the story of a videogame it is important to first think about how important the story really is to your audience. Sure, a better story will in general be better, but if it's tak...

posted 5y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A Should I describe a person or a room first?

Most of the time you will want to set the scene first In general you will want to describe whatever is stationary first so that the readers mind will be focused on whatever is supposed to be impor...

posted 6y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Meta Alert box when clicking "Delete" on an answer says "Are you sure you want to delete this *question*?"

Out of curiosity I clicked the "delete" link on one of my answers and the alert box that pops up asks whether I want to delete this "question", whereas it should ask whether I want to delete this "...

0 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  edited 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A How to invoke interest in readers for second part of story when first part is not so popular + old?

It can't hurt to try. If you have an idea for a story you can do it. For example there may still be some people around that have you "bookmarked" or are "following" you or whatever the system to ...

posted 5y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A About the Scope of Sections and Paragraphs

The normal thing to do is not to use any Heading-Without-Numbering. If you insist on doing it then everything that follows that heading will belong to the heading because it's a heading. Everything...

posted 7y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write a Stack Exchange Question?

Asking a good question is a lot harder than writing a good answer, even if writing a good answer likely requires more research and more experience, which makes them very valuable. So let's have a l...

posted 5y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Rewriting User Guides as Stories

You are referencing rule books for RPGs, so I am going to base my answer on those as examples, because I know the fascination of reading those books without playing the corresponding games. There...

posted 6y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How many points are sufficient for my essay?

A very generic guideline that is often used is to have three arguments/aspects/... This is often structured in the form of a Five-Paragraph-Essay where you have one paragraph that you use to introd...

posted 6y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to make side-characters look competent next to the chosen one?

You need to think about your protagonists weaknesses – now! If your protagonist is simply above and beyond everything and everybody else it will get really, really boring. Your character needs som...

posted 6y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What are the signs of accidental self insertion?

You should make a list of the most important conflict points that your character will have to face throughout the book. It's important to be able to tell beforehand roughly which problems your char...

posted 6y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Any software for video game non-linear story design?

articy:draft from Nevigo The software is specifically designed for writing in a software development environment. It has things like asset management so that you can manage all your characters wit...

posted 6y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Slow buildup vs sudden introduction

The way you describe them they are not different You mention that one of the options is about building up small steps, hinting at the fact that he will unlock something. The other option is abou...

posted 6y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Multiple ways to emphasise words

There are a couple of ways that you could utilize, but changing the style often comes with problems. Some of these problems you have already encountered: bold text is very nice to draw attention...

posted 6y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to link two sentences?

You should add a but after the comma Anyone can use stock footage, but only you know how to use it correctly. Reading a but basically makes people ignore most of what has been said before and...

posted 6y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Working with hints/clues - Show vs Tell vs Nothing -ish

You switched your style without having any reason to do so - just continue showing this via the characters thoughts It's the first time your characters encounters this reocurring thing. Just descr...

posted 6y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it a bad idea to mix psychological horror with action?

You should focus on one aspect and make it available in slightly augmented form in the other phases, too - or simply think about whether you really need those two parts The problem is that you are...

posted 6y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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